https://twitter.com/OccupyUCBerk/status/516317564792619008/photo/1 Join with us across the generations in celebrating and continue the fight for social, environmental, economic, civil and racial justice and world piece. Cal Progressive Coalition. 56785

Jack London’s The Iron Heel: a benefit performance A Readers Theater, Puppetry and Music adaptation of the visionary dystopian science fiction tale of anti-capitalist rebellion & rise of authoritarianism. This performance is a benefit for the Richmond Progressive Alliance & the Sunflower Alliance in their fight for the climate, health and safety of Bay Area communities threatened by big oil and for building a just, sustainable economy. Featuring Jack London’s great granddaughter Tarnel Abbott & great-great grandson, Devin O’Keefe. Live Saxophone musical score by master musician Andrés Soto. Introduction by Jonah Raskin, editor of The Radical … Continued

Save CCSF Coalition General Assembly: Hear about about Restoration status, the legal suit, Board of Trustees status and elections, etc. Plus update on Alex Nieto case. COME TO SET DIRECTION AND PLAN ACTIONS To influence the Board of Trustees race, to lobby the Board of Governors to bring back our democratically elected BOT, fight against enrollment sabotage and class cuts, etc. etc… COME TO HELP SAVE OUR CITY COLLEGE Keep our college a community college! 56765

He’s a very good dog, and he’ll make a very good Mayor. What? A press conference to formally announce Einstein’s candidacy. Why? The Oakland Mayoral campaign needs a voice for the City’s oppressed residents. A dog for Mayor of Oakland?! Sound crazy? But the question, as we see it, is not, “Can a dog run the City?” The question we should all ask is, “Can any individual be accountable for running the City?” Of course, the Mayor doesn’t run the City single-handedly. Nevertheless, who do we hold responsible when … Continued

Climate change is taking place. Will we have the wisdom to survive? Transition Berkeley invites you to join us for an inspiring film that focuses on how we can live creatively and even joyfully in the face of this catastrophe. The Wisdom to Survive features thought leaders and activists in the realms of science, economics and spirituality: Bill McKibben, Richard Heinberg, Joanna Macy, Gus Speth, Roger Payne and more. We’ll meet and greet from 6:30 to 7:00. Please bring locally grown snacks to share. The film will be at 7:00 … Continued

Join the Oakland Solidarity Unit for an evening of community discussion, and report back from Ferguson. Skype Q&A directly with folks from Ferguson. Multimedia presentation: photography, video and interviews with the people of Missouri.56677

March to STOP Evictions & Luxury Condos in the Mission & Support PROP G Gather Sat. Oct. 4, 1PM @ Brava Theater York & 24th March 2pm for affordable housing! Rally 3PM @ 16th & Mission Dear Causa Justa family: Our fights are many, on both sides of the bay and we know we are asking a lot from you tenant meetings, city hall hearings, marches, rallies, etc but our people are in the eye of the storm. Stand with us as we fight for our very survival here … Continued

The Bay Area Rights of Nature Ethics Tribunal will examine the violations of nature’s rights and human rights caused by the fossil fuel industry, using Chevron’s refinery in Richmond as a case study. By highlighting the impacts on people and nature from the Chevron refinery and Big Oil’s activities, the Tribunal will also place on trial current legal and economic systems that advance the destruction of nature. Tribunal judges include: Carl Anthony (Breakthrough Communities; Urban Habitat) Brian Swimme (California Institute of Integral Studies; Journey of the Universe) Anuradha Mittal … Continued

A call for white people to stand in solidarity with African resistance in Ferguson and around the world. Reparations and justice for African people everywhere! Keynote speakers: Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African Socialist International and author of An Uneasy Equilibrium: the African Revolution Versus Parasitic Capitalism. Penny Hess, Chairwoman, African People’s Solidarity Committee and author of Overturning the Culture of Violence. http://www.uhurusolidarity.org/ 56772

Information, discussion & community — Monday Night Forum! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Occupy Forum presentsF R A C K I N G: Building a Diverse Movement to Win Hosted by Californians Against Fracking Speakers: Tia Lebherz, Food & Water Watch David Braun, Americans & Californians Against Fracking As fracking continues to expand at an unrelenting pace in California, a movement to stop it is rising up and, like New York, is preparing to win a moratorium. But … Continued

WE DID IT! AFTER 14 MONTHS OF WORK, THE ZONING OVERLAY ORDINANCE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 30th. Read more about our victory here. Nonetheless the Postal Service still has the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! And the Postal Service outsourced Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. We’re still fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. On July 29th, at our invite, Ralph Nader spoke on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office against privatization and corporatism. Watch and listen to his … Continued

Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments & social hour at 6:30 pm, followed by the film at 7:30 pm, followed by optional discussion after the film. YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY Episode 6: Winds of Change Created by · Joel Bach and David Gelber For a description of this film, see the website shown below. Humanist Hall is wheelchair accessible around the corner at 411 28th Street http://www.sho.com/sho/years-of-living-dan…56850

Meeting of the City of Oakland’s “Privacy and Data Retention Ad Hoc Advisory Committee” – open to the public. When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Read the announcement from the City of Oakland City Administrator’s Weekly Report (April 25, 2014): This committee was created by City Council action during the discussions earlier in the year about the Port Domain Awareness Center (DAC). The goal of the DAC is to improve readiness to prevent, respond to and recover from major emergencies … Continued

OCTOBER 10-13, 2014 THE INSPIRATION We are in a movement moment. Droves of people, many of them young and black, took to the streets of Ferguson to demand justice for Mike Brown. Millions stood in solidarity as protestors were met by a brutal and militarized response by local police departments. Our country can no longer deny the epidemic of police violence facing Black and Brown communities. Mike Brown is now part of a long list of people like John Crawford, Ezell Ford, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant and countless others who have … Continued

Berkeley Police want to have Tasers. But week after week there are incidents all across the country of people being tased by police to death, or for no reason, or to torture them for their alleged “crime” of disrespect. Come help put a stop to this insanity. 56856

Dramatic and compelling stories of human beings imprisoned unjustly, often for decades, and then exonerated by DNA evidence. The film shows the emotional journey back into society and efforts to rebuild lives with little or no support. SJC is working hard for California State Ballot Prop. 47 which if it passes will make a huge difference in reforming our broken criminal justice system. More info: http://www.afterinnocence.net/index.html Sponsored by the BFUU Social Justice Ctee as part of our Conscientious Projector Series for the 99% Wheelchair accessible. http://www.bfuu.org/signup.html 56851

Report-back from activists who “went inside” the Urban Shield convention and trade show in Oakland September 4th-7th and were “volunteers” at some of the exercises. And discussion of next steps. Facebook event & RSVP. Directions: From 580, take Park Blvd west one long block; turn right on McKinley Avenue, turn right again on Home Place East, park in the parking lot to your left. Entrance is there, walk past the cafeteria to the auditorium. Join Shane Bauer and others on this, the 3rd anniversary of the occupation of Oscar Grant Plaza. … Continued

From Ferguson To The Bay Area: Connecting the Dots KPFA 94.1 FM Pacifica Live Programming On The Streaming Channel http://www.kpfa.org/events/ferguson-bay-area 10:00 am – 2:00 pm http://www.kpfa.org/kpfa-live-stream-channel On October 11, 2014 thousands of working people and youth will be converging in Ferguson to protest the continuing racism, discrimination and failure to arrest the policeman who murdered Michael Brown. KPFA WorkWeek will provide live streaming program from the station’s channel with activists and teachers from Ferguson and also will connect the dots to Northern California. We will hear from working people and trade … Continued

There will be a gathering at Eastshore park near Lake Merritt right where Lakeshore Blvd. meets El Embarcadero. We’re excited to be joined by Oakland City Councilman Dan Kalb, the talented Occupellas, Students Against Fracking and other wonderful allies fighting Big Oil in the state. Bring a light-colored t-shirt to screen print an awesome “I support a Frack-Free California” logo, a blanket to sit on and your smart phone for our interactive social media booth to tweet at Jerry Brown. There will also be a 10ft tall mock fracking rig … Continued

Second Sundays: Interfaith prayer meeting for healing, dedicated to the survivors and victims of violence and police brutality in Oakland. We are organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. Please feel free to bring quotes or passages to share All are welcome We will serve simple breakfast. 56632

A documentary chronicle of the war in Ukraine, and the suffering of people whose lives it has touched. Forty powerful photos of peaceful civilians and forced refugees. A national photo project tour, including a slideshow presentation, sponsored by the International Action Center and the United National Anti-war Coalition. Photos prepared by multimedia international information agency Rossiya Segodnya photojournalists in Russia and Ukraine.From the exhibit opening press release in NYC: “As Washington and NATO continue to engage in provocative Cold War rhetoric falsely blaming Russia for the civil war in Ukraine, … Continued

The rounding-up and deportation of immigrants, including children, is part of Mass Incarceration – it is a conscious policy that criminalizes Black and Latino peoples, and treats them as less than human. Families are torn apart and children are being sent back to countries from which they fled for their lives. Along with police murder, and the imprisonment of 2.4 million people, the vicious targeting of immigrants is part of a genocidal program that is accelerating in both numbers and brutality. WE MUST STOP IT NOW! 56995

Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Occupy Forum presents Occupy the Food Supply: Two films on the politics of food Ripe for Change — a film by Emiko Omori & Jed Riffe and Occupy the Farm (Trailer) by Todd Darling Ripe for Change: California — always a fascinating marriage of opposite extremes — is at a crossroads in agriculture. Many Californians are struggling to fend off over-development and the loss of … Continued

WE DID IT! AFTER 14 MONTHS OF WORK, THE ZONING OVERLAY ORDINANCE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 30th. Read more about our victory here. Nonetheless the Postal Service still has the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! And the Postal Service outsourced Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. We’re still fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. On July 29th, at our invite, Ralph Nader spoke on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office against privatization and corporatism. Watch and listen to his … Continued

Drawing upon work by both artists and social movements, Max Haiven will examine how debt and today’s debt-driven capitalism shape creativity and inhibit the true potential of creative communities. Max Haiven teaches political economy and cultural studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and is author ofCrises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity and the Commons. With Alex Khasnabish, he directs the Halifax-based Radical Imagination Projecton Canada’s East Coast. Their book, The Radical Imagination: Social Movement Research in the Age of Austerity, is published by Zed Books. Moderated … Continued

This panel focuses on the latest trend we’ve seen of governments abusing their authority. More specifically, the panel will narrow its focus onto the increasing militarization of peace keepers in the United States. Through this panel we hope to complete two objectives: (1) shedding light on this issue for those who have been kept in the dark, and (2) showing those in attendance how best to plug and support the movement to end rampant militarization. We are targeting new lawyers and current law students. **We encourage anyone who is interested … Continued

We meet, usually every other week, to discuss various readings in the theory and practice of debt, from personal to corporate to sovereign. This week we are reading from a recent IMF paper that discusses unconventional solutions to current world economic problems. Here is the paper: IMF Working Paper, Chicago Plan Revisited Some of this is way too technical, with partial differential equations and whatnot. We’ll be reading only pg. 1-19, 49-56. So, that is section I, II, VI, VII, VIII56757

Concert and Show. Honoring the lives of all those killed by police brutality 35 year angel-versary of Lil Milagro Ramirez Building unity amongst the oppressed We convoke her spirit of resistance as we recite her poetry and give honor to her life. “Lover of peace, I want to struggle for her desperately, because since the beginning, I have dreamt of peace.” -Awakening A lawyer by profession, and a guerrilla fighter by compassion, Lil was characterized for her intellect and courage. She was part of a group of writers for whom … Continued

This Week's Titles: Nothing Directed by Vincenzo Natali, 2003 90 min, (Comedy, Fantasy) MirrorMask Directed by Dave McKean, 2005 101 min, (Adventure, Drama, Family) Film Nights are held in the basement of Omni and start at 7pm; the theater dims no later than 7:15, so don’t be late! BYO; Drinks, snacks, pillows, cushions, beanbags, etc. Suggested Donation for popcorn and tea: $2 More Information: You can submit your screening requests to the lottery fish bowl at any time during a Film Night. All genres and eras are welcome; … Continued

2nd Annual Gaza Solidarity 5K Walk/Run (San Francisco) We’re coming back to the Bay Area for another Gaza 5K! Proceeds from the Gaza 5K Walk/Run will benefit UNRWA’s psycho-social support program for children in Gaza suffering from psychological trauma and PTSD due to the devastating crisis of July-August 2014 and the prolonged blockade. Many of these already vulnerable children have now lived through three traumatic rounds of violence, witnessing death, destruction, and displacement. It’s estimated that 375,000 children in Gaza now require immediate counseling. These children need our support now, and that’s why … Continued

The Fight Against Privatization Of Education & Public Services Conference: Stop Union Busting, Outsourcing, Workplace Bullying For A National Campaign To Defend Public Services and Public Education A massive coordinated attacks is taking place through privatization and deregulation to destroy public services and public education throughout the country and internationally. This conference will look at the history of this attack, who is doing it including through the use of technology, how they are doing it and how we can organize, educate and uniting all public workers and the communities to … Continued

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED OR POSTPONED. STAY TUNED. On Behalf of the Serrano Family, we are asking our beloved Community, to join in solidarity, to demand justice for Yanira Serrano, who was mercilessly gunned down , June 3, 2014, in front her family, by San Mateo County Sheriff. Please come and support our effort to STOP BUSINESS AS USUAL, during the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. Let’s remind the city, county, state and the nation, that while this is a time when most families are enjoying … Continued

Come and help us draw awareness to and fight unjust debt! Come get connect with SDBA’s many projects: organizing for public banking in Oakland saving the Berkeley Post Office and stopping the Staples non-union takeover of good Post Office jobs working with the City of Richmond and other municipalities for eminent domain seizure of underwater mortgages from the banksters ongoing study group distribution of Debt Resisters’ Operations Manual student debt resistance helping out America’s only non-profit check-cashing organization our famous Strike Debt radio program and much more! Also check out … Continued

WE DID IT! AFTER 14 MONTHS OF WORK, THE ZONING OVERLAY ORDINANCE PASSED ON SEPTEMBER 30th. It will take effect on October 30th. Read more about our victory here. Nonetheless the Postal Service still has the Berkeley Post Office up for sale!! And the Postal Service outsourced Post Office services to Staples, replacing union jobs with low-paying, low benefit work. We’re still fighting against both! Come help us plan our next steps. On July 29th, at our invite, Ralph Nader spoke on the steps of the Berkeley Post Office against … Continued

Pt. 2 (of 3) of Jasper Bernes’ seminar “Value, Capitalism, Communism”‘ will investigate the question of what value is in capitalism, and what types of non-capitalist societies would either preserve or abolish it. We will engage with the most speculative of communist and anarchist writings — those that begin to imagine modes and mediums of social coordination and reproduction beyond capitalism. Some texts we might read: Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program Grundrisse, selections on critique of Proudhonian labor money Dauve, Eclipse and Re-emergence (new introduction addresses this directly) Spufford, Red Plenty … Continued

Occupy Forum F I E L D T R I P VANDANA SHIVA The Rights of Mother Earth Vandana Shiva is an internationally esteemed Indian environmental and anti-globalization activist. Trained as a physicist, she received an Integrated M.Sc.Honours Degree in Particle Physics from the University of Punjab prior to earning a PhD in the Philosophy of Science at the University of Western Ontario. In 1987 she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, which led to the creation of Navdanya, a national movement to protect the diversity and integrity of … Continued

Tenants Rights Tuesday is here again in Oakland. Come to City Hall at 5:00pm, Tuesday, 10/21, for a rally and to help push through the Tenant Protection Ordinance at its first hearing in front of the full council!57042

The Gritty, Moral Solution to the Housing Crisis with David Giesen Part of Sustainable Economies Legal Center’s “Rethinking Home” Teach-in Series Fixing the housing crunch isn’t easy, but there is a permaculture solution. Dave Giesen, economist and playwright, makes the case for socializing the rent of land in a hands-on, interactive seminar that identifies the value of what real estate agents mean by “location, location, location” as the lynch-pin in a holistic, sustainable economy. We’ll also welcome Ben Grieff, Campaign Director for Evolve Prop 13, to discuss the California Prop … Continued

Living the New Economy Convergence@ Thursday and Friday will be at the California Endowment Conference Center (1111 Broadway, Oakland). Saturday and Sunday will be at Impact HUB Oakland (2323 Broadway, Oakland)

More than a conference LNE Oakland is designed to be different from any event you’ve attended before. Drawing inspiration from hackathons, conferences, networking events, festivals, and jams, the result is a unique event that has components of each. More than a conference, this is a convergence. We have an exciting lineup of speakers, but you’ll do more than listen to talks. You’ll meet and collaborate with other participants and launch project ideas. You’ll learn about New Economy initiatives here in the Bay Area, and draw connections between them while connecting … Continued

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Meeting of the City of Oakland’s “Privacy and Data Retention Ad Hoc Advisory Committee” – open to the public. When: 2nd & 4th Thursdays 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: Council Chambers Oakland City Hall 14th & Broadway Read the announcement from the City of Oakland City Administrator’s Weekly Report (April 25, 2014): This committee was created by City Council action during the discussions earlier in the year about the Port Domain Awareness Center (DAC). The goal of the DAC is to improve readiness to prevent, respond to and recover from major … Continued

Join Strike Debt Bay Area at the Living the New Economy Conference’s social / party, where we’ll have a table, discuss debt and the new economy, and our radio team, Mike and Cassie, will be live on-stage performing one of the Strike Debt Radio segments.57031

An organizer of the Ferguson project: a Canfield Watchmen named David Whitt will be here and able to report from ground zero. Jacob Crawford from WeCopwatch went out and helped train and raise funds to help them buy over 100 video cameras already. It is gonna be powerful footage and conversation. Join Ferguson MO Copwatcher David Whitt, Berkeley Copwatch, and Jacob Crawford of WeCopwatch for a report back on the recent Police attacks in Ferguson, as well as the formation of The Canfield Watchmen, a newly formed Copwatch group in … Continued

The Internets Own Boy Written and Directed by Brian Knappenberger, 2014 105 min, (Documentary, Biography, Crime ) Hackers Directed by Iain Softley, 1995 107 min, (Action, Comedy, Crime) Film Nights are held in the basement of Omni and start at 7pm; the theater dims no later than 7:15, so don’t be late! BYO; Drinks, snacks, pillows, cushions, beanbags, etc. 57029

The event will coincide with the earlier Helping Hearts 2 Heal event sponsored by the Alan Blueford Foundation Participants will proceed to ESAA for our From Ferguson, Florida, Georgia, Chicago to Oakland event. There they will be joined by other mothers and family members of slain youth, including the family Kendrick Johnson-Georgia, the family of Joseph Andrews-Tampa Florida, the family of Emmett Till-Chicago, the family of Marlon Brown-Deland Florida, the family of Jordan Davis-Jacksonville Florida, and families from California – Alan Blueford, Kenneth Harding, Ernest Duenez, James Rivera, Dinyl New, … Continued

UPDATE 10/25/14 10:00 PM. Press release: All Out for Palestine on Sunday! Our community power is disrupting Israeli business as usual. Our strength is challenging US-Israeli repression The Israeli Zim ship is on the run, but we are closely tracking the ship. And based on our calculations, the Zim Beijing cannot make it this weekend, but it could change course and arrive this week. Let’s show Zim what they can expect if they try to come back. Let’s show the world that the Bay Area says no to Zionism. … Continued

DEMONSTRATE ON MORNING OF TRIAL THE STAKES? OPEN ACCESS FOR ALL vs SUCCESS FOR A FEW! Join us At the long awaited trial in the lawsuit of SF City Atty Dennis Herrera vs the ACCJC. Join us On the street to demonstrate against the ACCJC and its corporate allies who are trying to downsize and change the mission of California Community Colleges. Join us In the courtroom to let Judge Curtis Karnow know that San Francisco supports CCSF! Please sign up for shifts at AFT 2121 website: www.aft2121.org/justice Demonstration on Monday, Oct 27th, … Continued

THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS THE BERKELEY POST OFFICE “UNDER CONTRACT.” !!!!!!!!!!! Come help us plan our next steps in opposition to their proposed theft of our public commons. Obtain more information of the status of the sale here. Also CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. and the Save the Berkeley Post Office website for updates. BPOD is an offshoot of Strike Debt Bay Area, which itself is an offshoot of Occupy Oakland and a chapter of the national Strike Debt movement, which is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street.57090

Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Occupy Forum presents ADDRESSING THE HOUSING CRISIS HEAD-ON: Prop G and CARES Campaigns Attack Roots of San Francisco’s Housing Woes Most of us have heard the grim statistics: Ellis Act evictions up 170% in the last three years; 10,000 San Francisco tenants have been displaced by the Ellis Act since 1997, and most of us know many people who’ve been evicted, often long time … Continued

We are holding a followup to “Inside Urban Shield” based on the ideas that were thrown out and briefly discussed at that Community Forum. Please come to get involved: organizing and acting to most effectively influence things locally, nationally and at the state level. Just a few of the many ideas that were proposed: Opposing the acquisition of the San Leandro tank with a demonstration. Attending Bay Area UASI meetings. Pushing for privacy legislation in Oakland. Cutting off funding to police organizations that violate human rights. Opposing California’s Peace Officers’ Bill … Continued

On Oct, 27, 2014, Anne Weills , noted civil rights activists, long time lawyer and resident of Oakland, and 3 other civil rights activists, Tova Fry, Alyssa Eisenberg and Mollie Costello filed a class action lawsuit against Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern, alleging that Sheriff Ahern deprived plaintiff and other women who were incarcerated in Santa Rita jail “with the minimal civilized measure of life’s necessities, and have violated their basic human dignity and their right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments … Continued

Speak out at Berkeley City Council against renewal of Police Department Agreements with Homeland Security/FBI programs! The first Action Calendar item on the agenda is a Public Hearing on renewing the Berkeley Police Department’s (BPD) agreement with Federal, local and State law enforcement agencies. To stop militarization of police departments we must demand that City Councils not renew the agreement with the Homeland Security program, Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI), which gives grants to local police departments for military equipment, such as tasers, drones, tanks and more. Stopping UASI at … Continued

On October 30 people across the country will be wearing orange – as a powerful visible symbol of opposition to mass incarceration. On campuses, in the streets, in high schools, at work, on public transportation – everywhere you go that day, wear orange. Gather in public spots in your city town or campus with groups of people in orange, challenging others to join you and be part of the crew. We will be wearing Orange because it is the color prisoners are forced to wear – from the torture chambers … Continued

Bestselling author, trial attorney, and NBC News analyst Lisa Bloom reads from and discusses her new book, “Suspicion Nation: The Inside Story of the Trayvon Martin Injustice and Why We Continue to Repeat It” What went wrong behind the scenes in the Trayvon Martin case? Why does America endure so many tragic shootings like this one? These are the questions at the heart of Suspicion Nation. Bestselling author, trial attorney, and NBC News analyst Lisa Bloom covered the murder trial and was appalled by what she witnessed. Bloom now exposes … Continued

Music and Protest: Music has always played a key role in protest movements. As part of the campus’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, the On the Same Page program has organized this panel, along with a concert (co-sponsored by Cal Performances) the same evening. Panelist/Discussants: Waldo Martin, Professor, UC Berkeley History Department; Kim Nalley, Jazz and Blues Vocalist; Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley History Department; Mavis Staples, Singer; Chris Strachwitz, Founder and President, Arhoolie Records Moderator: Mark Peterson, Professor, UC Berkeley History Department Sponsor: College of … Continued

Facebook & RSVP “We were just trying to provide a dignified, safe and clean place for homeless people to use the restroom,” said Frances Moore, lifelong resident of North Oakland and founder of Auntie Frances’ Self-help Hunger Program. On Tuesday, October 21, 2014, after months of harassment by newer residents in the North Oakland community of “Driver Plaza” where the Self-Help Hunger Program feeds poor and houseless elders and families of color every week, Oakland officials succumbed to pressure by newer residents and instructed the Porta Pottie company to remove … Continued

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